Essential How To Bead Lock

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Take your time. Don't be in a rush.
Mount inner bead over the backside of wheel.
Slide the outer tire bead on and center the tire.
Line up low spot on tire with valve stem. Low spot typically has a colored dot or mark on sidewall near lip protector.
Place ring and align the bolt holes.
Apply anti-seize to the threads of each bolt. Anti-seize is your friend, use it.
Start bolts by hand to avoid cross threading.
Using a star pattern, tighten each bolt a few turns at a time to ensure even pressure on the beadlock ring.
Using torque wrench, tighten the bolts in star pattern to 18 ft lbs.
Do a final round of tightening to ensure ALL bolts give click sound on torque wrench.
Lube backside inner tire bead.
Inflate the tire to seat the inner bead onto the wheel. DO NOT exceed tire manufacturer’s recommended maximum pressure for seating the beads. You will hear an audible "pop" when tire bead seats on wheel.
Re-torque the ring bolts after the first 50 miles, and after each subsequent 200 miles.
A few drops of dish soap in water can be sprayed to detect air leaks and ensure safe ring/tire seating.
Over tightening the beadlock bolts or using an extra thick tire bead without a spacer can cause immediate stress points which can lead to leaks and/or complete wheel and tire failure.

[@samsanderson7159]

That valve stem install kit is pretty cool. I bought one AFTER i needed it. So i used it to replace that stem at a later time. It works really well. One thing i did, is get an empty pocket sized hand sanitizer bottle and fill it with dish soap. I keep that little bottle with the kit and now I'll always have lubricant for it.

[@discover4x4]

Fantastic advice! I'll be doing that

[@Callmepauly]

very informative. will be doing this to my 350z soon. thanks!

[@discover4x4]

Glad to help! Thanks for watching

[@AbeTawil]

If only my attempt at bead locks went that well 😂

[@discover4x4]

😂
Practice makes perfect?

[@AbeTawil]

@@discover4x4 until I decide to order wheels and tires again

[@randumadventures]

Tire Hack: get frozen balance peas at any local grocery store

[@discover4x4]

Noted!